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Re:Hello from Orkut by erlehmann_ on Friday August 05, 2016 @01:42PM (#12234296)
In networked software, to be federated means users are able to send messages from one independent deployment to the other. In WordPress, this is achieved using linkbacks and feeds. So how would you define federation?
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Re:Hello from Orkut by pjbrunet on Friday August 05, 2016 @02:03PM (#12234495)
After Gravatars, I figured they'd try to disrupt Facebook with some kind of P2P plugin, like a Fidonet. But it never happened. Instead we got Disqus and IntenseDebate and bbPress...
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